Both The Greens and The Liberals had 50c fares as one of their policies in the SA election. It's easy to make those types of promises when you know you're not forming government, but I wonder if it points to an appetite in the community for more affordable public transport. I dismissed it prior to these emergency measures coming in elsewhere, but now I wonder if that news will stir up similar demands here. Then again, Labor just won in a landslide so it's not like they're under any immediate pressure to make big changes.
Queensland has had 50c fares for a couple of years now. Queensland "not following suit" doesn't exactly mean the same thing as states leaving their public transport at full price
No one pays for the bus or tram in Melbourne anyway, this isn't going to make much difference
We already made it free for eshays.
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